Kimberly Pierce

As I cusp the middle of season three, The Virginian needs to figure out that life would be a heck of a lot simpler if he stopped falling for every girl with lots and lots of emotional baggage.

For the night crowd. I started writing about WKRP years ago and for some reason never did anything with it.

This is a show that should at least be talked about. So I’m remedying that AND clearing my drafts in one swoop.

I’ve been deep into my website and for the first time in a long, long… long time, it finally feels like me. And everything that implies.

Pardon the dust as things keep taking shape, but it’s nice to be having fun again.

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We reached mid-season on a high with our fun chat with critic @kpierce624.bsky.social about BLOODSTONE: SUBSPECIES II 🩸

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The Letterboxd summary for Die, Monster, Die!

Revisiting a “teenage Kim” favorite for the first time in probably 15+ years.

Tubi bringing out some of my deep cuts.

I was brand new to the Subspecies film and kids… I’m obsessed.

Please have a listen to this truly delightful discussion.

WKRP in Cincinnati Season One: A Reflection WKRP in Cincinnati is a series that deserves so much more love. I lost track of it and I'm sorry for that. This is a dynamic comedy that also brings a courageous blend of deeply human drama. It had an uphill battle for preservation, but seems to be coming out the other side.

This has been sitting in my archives far too long. I wax nostalgic about my feelings for the first season of WKRP in Cincinnati.

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Overheard on Tattletales tonight…

“What do you appreciate more in your wife? Her mind or her body”.

Luckily, it did not go as horribly wrong as it could have.

Next week, we reach mid-season with BLOODSTONE: SUBSPECIES II - so you have the weekend to watch it!

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The Letterboxd page for He Walked By Night.

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I be eyeing a Whit Bissell deep dive.

From the Archive: To The Devil A Daughter (1976) In the video archive today, Kim ventures into some "Nun" horror with the out of left field 1976 film, To The Devil a Daughter. I am obligated to continue my Richard Widmark completion quest.

From the Archive: To The Devil A Daughter (1976)

In the video archive today, Kim ventures into some "Nun" horror with the out of left field 1976 film, To The Devil a Daughter. I am obligated to continue my Richard Widmark completion quest.

John Gavin stares at his hands as he sits with Vera Miles.

Did I know that I needed John Gavin in The Virginian using a French accent that sounded like a cross between Maurice Chevalier and the French taunting in Monty Python?

I did not.

Then there’s co-starring with Vera Miles and using a location that I’d lay money was Bates Motel adjacent.

PPC Rabbit Hole: Clu Gulager I’m guilty of diving down rabbit holes. I jump down fast, hard and there’s been many times when I haven’t come up for air until I’ve finished an entire filmography. There was that one time where I watched all of Roger Corman’s work in the span of a few months. That’s just one of many… and another write-up 2025, for me, has been defined by a few deep dives.

PPC Rabbit Hole: Clu Gulager

I’m guilty of diving down rabbit holes. I jump down fast, hard and there’s been many times when I haven’t come up for air until I’ve finished an entire filmography. There was that one time where I watched all of Roger Corman’s work in the span of a few months. That’s…

Kim’s Letterboxd favorites including: The Changeling, House on Haunted Hill, Ghost Story and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Recent activity including: The Cat Creature, The Stunt Man, The Savage 7 and Hells Angels on Wheels.

New favorites on Letterboxd because… who are we kidding. I was due.

Also a look see at the viewing for the week as I show myself a good time. Not pictured is “The Hard Ride” which I found a flipping delight.

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It made so much sense after I finally looked it up 🤣

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Embarrassing classic tv revelation incoming. I’ve been watching Laramie this morning for the first time and wondering why Robert Crawford Jr. is reminding me so much of Johnny Crawford from The Rifleman.

They’re brothers.

YouTube video by NimmerSoft JaneGoodall joke1

“Madam, I knew Jane Goodall, and you are no Jane Goodall”. ❤️

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I’ve been thinking of this scene on a daily basis right now.

And it continues.

Video Archive: With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) Kim's continuing with a look at Doris Day career today and the actress' final film, With Six You Get Eggroll.

Video Archive: With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

Kim's continuing with a look at Doris Day career today and the actress' final film, With Six You Get Eggroll.

I am watching so much of Mariette Hartley’s work by pure coincidence this year.

If Letterboxd tracked tv, I bet she’d be right on William Smith’s heels for my most viewed in 2025.

Now watching McCloud (S5e7)

The voices of Rocky and Bullwinkle — June Foray #BOTD and Bill Scott.

‘We received the script when we arrived at the studio...We’d read it once and then record,” Foray said. “We never ad-libbed, ever! Because they were so brilliantly written.” #Cartoons

Shudder just added BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) to a stellar collection of 200+ pre-2000 horror titles, stretching all the way back to the silent era.

No ads is a big plus too. #FilmSky #Halloween

The New Beverly is out here reminding me that I need to watch They Live again.

That John Carpenter collection…

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I always feel a little ashamed when a cinema legend passes & I haven’t seen nearly enough of their films but it feels doubly so with Robert Redford.

As such I’d like to hear folks’ underappreciated Redford recommendations. I’ve seen a lot of the big ones but I’d like to catch up on some unsung gems

It’s here! SEASON XIII - that’s 13. Unlucky for some? But not YOU! Look what delights await your ears…

A first-rate example of Hollywood’s geography-stitching location shooting. Cliffside dialogue shot in CO and jump (with stunt doubles) shot at the Fox Movie Ranch (now Malibu Creek State Park)

A newspaper headline proclaiming “Home Economics Expert Pens Best Horse Operas”.

In our next installment of “That Is Quite The Headline”.

My deep dive into women behind the camera in classic westerns continues.

What Robert Redford contributed to American films via Sundance is genuinely immeasurable. He was also an extraordinarily talented director--Ordinary People and Quiz Show are two of the best American studio movies of their eras--and an actor who somehow wore his incredible charisma almost shyly. RIP.